Lunda Sul is a province of Angola. It has an area of 77,637 km2 and a population of approximately 125,000. Saurimo is the capital of the province. Credit: Sascha Noyes, 2004 License: Info: Map of the Lunda Sul Province in Angola; Created with the GIMP File links The following pages link to this file: Lunda Sul Categories: GFDL images ... Angola is divided into 18 provinces: Bengo Benguela Bié Cabinda Cuando Cubango Cuanza Norte Cuanza Sul Cunene Huambo Huila Luanda Lunda Norte Lunda Sul Malanje Moxico Namibe Uige Zaire Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Angola | Provinces of Angola ... Saurimo is the capital the Lunda Sul province of Angola, Saurimo has a population of approximately 117,000. ...
In prehistoric times, Cassai Sul was the place where the emigrants from the Lunda-Tchokwe Empire settled and Zona Cucumbi, Mona Quimbundo, Sueji and Itengo were the areas where the first military penetration by the Portuguese took place.
The Luanda Tchokwe people are mainly found in LundaSul, and have rich historical and cultural traditions present in their songs, folklore and traditional dances.
Although Lunda Norte has a healthy diamond sector, the real hub of gem extraction in north-eastern Angola is the Catoca mine in LundaSul.
The Lunda speak a Bantu language and now live in S Congo (Kinshasa), E Angola, and N Zambia.
Lunda living near the upper Lulua and Kasai rivers assimilated political ideas from the Luba (especially regarding divine kingship and bureaucratic administration) and formed a kingdom ruled by the mwata yamvo, or king.
At the same time, dissident Lunda migrated eastward; some of them founded the kingdom of the Mwata Kazembe, centered near the Luapula River, which was a flourishing trading state in the period from the late 18th to the early 19th cent.
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